Further papers regarding the claim of Lieut Colonel Robert Barnewall to extra allowances for the period he served as Political Agent in Kathiawar (includes a printed extract of Bombay Proceedings for 30 Nov 1830, on pp 7-8).
In reply to a reference from the Court of Directors Bombay Government suggest that the Court send the Raja of Satara [Pratap Singh] a sword and a complimentary letter - proposal of the Raja to complete a carriage road through his territory.
‘Papers regarding the Overland Communication between India and Europe’
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The item consists of copies of correspondence and a memorandum enclosed within a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The correspondence, written by Dr John Milne, former President of the Bombay Medical Board, relates to Milne’s arguments fo...
Bombay Government decide to grant two twelve pounder iron guns as a gift to the Diwan of Palanpur, the Diwan having originally offered to purchase the same.
Precis of information on the political condition of the States situated on or connected with the North West and Western Frontier of British India
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The item consists of a summary document enclosed within a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The document, written by William Henry Wathen, Secretary in the Persian Department, provides brief details on the political status of 'states' und...
Death, on 17 Aug 1834, of Munavvar Khan, Nawab of Savanur - succession of Diler Khan, brother of the late Nawab - Bombay Government station an Akbarnavis at Savanur to ensure the tranquillity of the state.
Bombay Government forward to London a list of the Political dispatches and Secret and Political diaries lost on the Earl of Eldon when that ship was destroyed by fire - copies of these documents are to be transcribed and forwarded to London as soon as possible (the list is on p 3).
Letter dated 2 Dec 1835 from Colonel Charles William Pasley, Superintendent of the Royal Engineers' Training Depôt at Chatham, to Edward Thornton, Secretary's Department, East India House - he alludes to the alleged disadvantages, as regards service and promotion, experienced by UK recruits for t...
Bengal Government request the opinion of the Court of Directors regarding various propositions put to them by the Managers of the Bengal Medical Retiring Fund.
Bombay Government forwards to London annual reports on the climate of the Mahabaleshwar Hills for 1831/32 and 1832/33 (the reports, which contain returns of patients, are on pp 7-36, 37-66 respectively). Contains tabular statement of diseases.